When I Paint My Masterpiece

Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble

Ancient footprints are everywhere

You can almost think that you're seein' double

On a cold, dark night on the Spanish stairs

Got to hurry on back to my hotel room

Where I've got me a date with Botticelli's niece

She promised that she'd be right there with me

When I paint my masterpiece

Oh, the hours that I've spent inside the Coliseum

Dodging lions and wastin' time

Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle, I could hardly stand to see 'em

Yes, it sure has been a long, hard climb

Train wheels runnin' through the back of my memory

As the daylight arose through a creek

Someday, everything is gonna be smooth like a rhapsody

When I paint my masterpiece

I left Rome and landed in Brussels

Where the picture of a tall up tree by my side

Clergymen in uniform and young girls pullin' turtles

Everyone was there, but nobody tried to hide

Newspapermen eating candy

Had to be held down by big police

Someday, everything is gonna be different

When I paint my masterpiece